SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
For more information
To learn more about the EPA's indoor
air testing in Kokomo, contact:
For general questions:
Teresa Jones
Community Involvement Coordinator
312-886-0725
800-621-8431, Ext. 60725
j one s.teresa@epa.gov
Patricia Krause
Community Involvement Coordinator
312-886-9506
800-621-8431, Ext. 69506
krause.patricia@epa.gov
For technical questions:
Anita L. Boseman
Oil-Scene Coordinator
312-886-6941
800-621-8431, Ext. 66941
boseman.anita@epa.gov
EPA Chicago Office address:
U.S. EPA Region 5
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604
Website:
www.epa.gov/region5/cleanup/armstro
ng/index.html
Testing Scheduled
June 24-28, 2013
EPA to Test Homes for Vapors;
Access Agreements Needed
		
Armstrong Bloomfield Neighborhood Site
Kokomo, Indiana	June 2013
During the week of June 24-28, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
workers will test indoor air at selected residential properties in your
neighborhood for an environmental problem known as "'vapor intrusion." The
tests will detect the presence of potentially harmful gases that may be moving
up through the soil and into houses through cracks or holes in basements and
crawl spaces.
Selection of homes
EPA will select the homes to be sampled based on:
•	Outdoor soil, soil gas and groundwater samples taken prior to indoor
sampling.
•	Proximity to Markland Avenue Quarry, and Stites Cleaners.
If your home was selected, EPA has contacted you. If the EPA has not
contacted you, your home is not among those scheduled for testing the week of
June 24-28. However, EPA may contact you for possible testing this summer.
EPA needs your permission to do the testing, so you will be asked to sign a
document called an "access agreement." This is voluntary, and there is no cost
to homeowners. If you do not sign the agreement, your home will not be tested.
Test procedures
Technicians will take two air samples in the home. One device will be placed
in the basement or if possible the crawl and another device will be placed in the
living area of the home, such as the living room or kitchen (see photo, Page 2).
If you have a basement, technicians may drill a small hole in the slab to install
another device that will test the air under your house (see photo, Page J). They
will repair the hole when the equipment is removed. Devices used to take air
samples must remain in place for 24 hours.
Air samples will be analyzed in a laboratory. It will take up to four months to
get results. EPA will then provide test results to residents and owners and will
share the information with the Federal Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry, which analyzes health risks.
Background
EPA collected soil, soil gas and groundwater samples in November at some
Armstrong Bloomfield neighborhood homes. Those test results show the
presence of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, at low levels. Therefore, no
cleanup is necessary. However, EPA will continue to test homes in the area for
possible vapor intrusion issues.

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Equipment like this will be placed in basements to collect sub-slab air samples.
Device used to collect indoor air samples inside a house.

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